Neil Boyd
Associate Director, Criminology, Simon Fraser University.
Last Contribution:
Whither a Progressive Pot Policy?
Contributor Biography
Mr. Boyd is a Professor and Associate Director of the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University. He was educated in psychology at the University of Western Ontario and in law at Osgoode Hall Law School. He is a previous Director of the School of Criminology and the author of five books: High Society: Legal and Illegal Drugs in Canada; The Last Dance: Murder in Canada; Gently into the Night: Aggression in Long Term Care; The Beast Within: why men are violent, and Big Sister: How extreme feminism has betrayed the fight for sexual equality; and two textbooks, The Social Dimensions of Law, and Canadian Law: An Introduction* (now in its 4th Edition); and many academic articles.
He is a frequent media commentator on subjects related to criminology: specifically, drug law and policy, issues of criminal violence and homicide, investment fraud, and workplace violence. He has conducted studies on these subjects and written articles about investment fraud, drug markets, injectable drug use, responding to the threats posed by homicide offenders, and the linkage between drug use and homicide. His most recent book, A Thousand Dreams (Greystone, Oct 2009), is a collaboration with Senator Larry Campbell and award winning writer Lori Culbert of The Vancouver Sun.
